Knowledge and innovation are the key factors in ensuring Flanders’ future prosperity and welfare. The government, companies and knowledge institutions must join forces to create focus and critical mass in strategic areas that strengthen Flanders’ competitive position and offer potentially substantial social benefits. Foresight studies are an excellent means of linking science and technology with innovation in industry and society while at the same time creating a decision-supporting framework for regional innovation policy and its relationship with regional economic developments.
EFP Brief No. 98: Technology and Innovation in Flanders
Tags: biology, converging technologies, education, health care, manufacturing, medicine, optics, photonics, services, sustainability, vehicle
Categories: Belgium, brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, Regional, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2015
Author : Elke Smits ">Elke Smits
